Anyway the elections are over. All said and done, we can still have some hope. For example, the head of the ruling party, Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said during her election campaign, “Look at us with forgiveness.” She will improve. We can hope that they will assess their mistakes and not just through the eyes of the ruling party. They should listen to civil society, people from different sectors. Only then will they realize their mistakes. And recognizing mistakes is not enough. Efforts should be made to improve these.
The government has long been saying that despite all the intentions, they are unable to carry out reforms on a large scale due to pressure from various groups. For example, his education policy or women’s policy were not implemented. They could not fully implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Agreement. The anti-discrimination bill has not even been taken up in Parliament. This society is filled with corruption, absence of rule of law, lack of democratic values and extreme disregard for human rights. The previous government did not take any steps in this regard using the excuse of adverse circumstances. Now they have absolute majority. He claims that the people have given him full mandate to run the country as per their principles and policies. So now they cannot say that they failed to implement their policies out of any fear. We hope they will bring positive change.
*Sultana Kamal is a human rights activist